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2003.08.26

***Sir Wilfred Thesiger, Renowed Explorer and Writer, Dies at 93.
Wilfred Thesiger was arguably the last of the world’s great explorers and lucky enough to have lived at a time when the globe still had some uncharted corners. By Paul Lewis. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

The heir to great 19th-century venturers like Livingstone, Stanley, Speke and Burton, Sir Wilfred was a restless, insatiable traveler throughout his life; he eventually won medals named for Livingstone, Burton and Lawrence of Arabia. He was also a man of private wealth, a misogynist and a romantic who hated the modern world and found nobility in the primitive life.

***It’s a Jungle Out There for the Fearsome Beasts.
Extinction faces more and more of the great, meat-eating predators, says the science writer David Quammen in his absorbing new book. By Michiko Kakutani. [New York Times: Arts]

***Study Confirms ‘Stakeholders’ Gave Advice to Energy Panel.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 The General Accounting Office issued its final report today on how Vice President Dick Cheney came up with the administration energy policy two years ago. The accounting office said it had to piece together scraps of information from other sources because the vice president’s panel had been so unresponsive. By Katharine Q. Seelye. [New York Times: Business]
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August 26, 2003 - Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary